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AltheaRose |
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June 02, 2012 05:08:47am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: 150th Anniversary Today |
Ah, the "lesser races" ... there were immigration laws to ban Indians in California, too, because of fear of the "tide of turbans." I'm sure the Nazis would have approved of that, which is ironic given the actual origin of the term "Aryan."
Historically, the "land of the Aryans" meant (and still means) the place where Hinduism is practiced; its ancient boundaries are delinated in Vedic literature as being roughly modern-day Northwest India/Pakistan/Southern Nepal ("Aryavartha," or "land of the Aryans.") It seems to have come into 19th c European thought, and hence made it to Hitler, through a process of confusion and mistaken scholarship. The swastika is an auspicious religious symbol in Hinduism, and "Swastika" is a common woman's name.
Kind of a bummer for South Asians, who can't exactly go around chanting "Aryan Power!" and wearing swastikas as a kind of yin-yang.
Sorry, way off track here from the CW! (And the GD relationship is ..... ummmmmm .... well, I'm sure we could come up with one :-) )
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micah6vs8 |
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June 02, 2012 09:54:54am |
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Re: 150th Anniversary Today |
I can remember being a young child and my grandfather (who I dearly loved) letting N bombs freely fly. I also remember me chastising him about it, which thinking back was pretty ballsy b/c he was a big dude and I liked the Yankees. Those views of mine came from my parents who didn't tolerate such speech in their home and picked friends who has similar views. (I had a conversation w/ my Dad about this just before he died.) That didn't prevent him from bringing a .45 to and into Yankees games in the late 70s. Imaging doing that today.
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